چون پری غالب شود بر آدمی ** گم شود از مرد وصف مردمی
When a genie prevails over (gains possession of) a man, the attributes of humanity disappear from the man.
هر چه گوید آن پری گفته بود ** زین سری زان آن سری گفته بود
Whatsoever he says, that genie will (really) have said it: the one who belongs to this side will have spoken from (the control of) the one who belongs to yonder side.
چون پری را این دم و قانون بود ** کردگار آن پری خود چون بود
Since a genie hath this influence and rule, how (much more powerful) indeed must be the Creator of that genie!
اوی او رفته پری خود او شده ** ترک بی‌الهام تازی‌گو شده2115
His (the possessed man's) “he” (personality) is gone: he has in sooth become the genie: the Turk, without (receiving) Divine inspiration, has become a speaker of Arabic.
چون به خود آید نداند یک لغت ** چون پری را هست این ذات و صفت
When he comes to himself, he does not know a word (of Arabic). Inasmuch as a genie hath this essence and quality,
پس خداوند پری و آدمی ** از پری کی باشدش آخر کمی
Then how, pray, should the Lord of genie and man have inferiority to the genie?
شیرگیر ار خون نره شیر خورد ** تو بگویی او نکرد آن باده کرد
If a pot-valiant fellow has drunk the blood of a fierce lion, you will say that the wine did it, not he;
ور سخن پردازد از زر کهن ** تو بگویی باده گفتست آن سخن
And if he fashion words of old (pure) gold, you will say that the wine has spoken those words.
باده‌ای را می‌بود این شر و شور ** نور حق را نیست آن فرهنگ و زور2120
A wine hath this (power to excite) disturbance and commotion: hath not the Light of God that virtue and potency
که ترا از تو به کل خالی کند ** تو شوی پست او سخن عالی کند
To make you entirely empty of self, (so that) you should be laid low and He should make the Word lofty (within you)?